''Cebrella'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
. The genus was erected by
John Nevill Eliot
Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an English entomologist who specialised in Oriental Lepidoptera especially Lycaenidae.
He was born in Woolwich, Lo ...
and Akito Kawazoe in 1983.
Species
Subgenus ''Cebrella''
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Cebrella pellecebra''
(Frühstorfer, 1910) Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra
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Cebrella penelope''
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Philippines (Mindanao)
Subgenus ''Chelakina''
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1984
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Cebrella malanga''
(Chapman, 1911) Borneo
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Cebrella nigerrima''
(Moulton, 1911) Borneo, Pahang
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Cebrella lingga''
(Moulton, 1912) Sarawak
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Lycaenidae genera
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